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Building a Woodshed: A picture story

I went to Link Lake with our two land partners Leung and Dave this weekend. While I confined myself to measuring and holding the occasional post in place, they actually got some work done and built us a frame for a woodshed. When we… Continue Reading “Building a Woodshed: A picture story”

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Cube-unsquared: An aesthetic office project

It’s the end of summer and the dinginess of my office environment has finally gotten to me after ten years in the same damned cube. Ten years! (Fifteen at my job, ten in this building) The federal government doesn’t really have much of a… Continue Reading “Cube-unsquared: An aesthetic office project”

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Friday afternoon: Time for a little outhouse story (with pictures!)

Last week when we started working on our lot, it started to feel *less* real to me than when we bought it – for a day or two anyway. Like I couldn’t believe that we were actually able to do this thing. That we… Continue Reading “Friday afternoon: Time for a little outhouse story (with pictures!)”

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Link Lake Lot: Before and After Pictures

For you land watchers: to give you an idea of how much work we did last week on our lot (and because the photos on the flickr set do need some explanation)  – here are some before and after shots. Before: Driveway There was… Continue Reading “Link Lake Lot: Before and After Pictures”

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Back in the city — damn.

This is the last shot from the last day of work on our lot. You can see here that we now have a driveway, a half-cleared piece of land, and to the right up there is the beginning of our outhouse and wash station.… Continue Reading “Back in the city — damn.”

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